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the whole range, when he saw them, (if he ever did see 

 them,) there were not thirty vines stopped at the points of 

 the shoots, as he describes, and those so stopped are entire- 

 ly confined to the roof vines planted outside, which is my 

 favorite method of planting. As to the glass being in- 

 jurious, this is rather a grave question, which ought to 

 be guardedly advanced. But I, in a great measure, 

 believe in the purport of Mr. Spencer's letter to the 

 Chronicle some time ago, though it was stated that the 

 glass was not in fault. I warn my brethren and amateura 

 to be guarded as to the too free use of it. 



" ' Upon inquiry,' continues Mr. E., ' of what the 

 borders consisted, I was told they had received a large 

 admixture of dead carcasses, such as those of deer, horses, 

 &c." and, in the remarks appended to Mr. E.'s letter, the 

 editor says, ' "We have always discountenanced the use 

 of carrion in this manner. The vines are probably poi- 

 soned.' 



" It may, perhaps, be in your recollection, and I dare 

 say in that of many of your readers, that a collection of 

 grapes was submitted by me, in September, 1811, to the 

 Horticultural Society, which was the produce of young 

 vines. The borders in which they grew contained car- 

 rion, &c., as detailed in my treatise ; and until I find 

 the specimens then sent superseded, I will still carry out 

 and recommend the use of carrion when it can be ob- 

 tained. But how can your position be tenable, when I 

 tell you that the vines mentioned by Mr. E. are not 

 planted in carrion, and that no carrion has been near 

 them, not one horse carcass, nor a portion of one, is buried 



in the whole of my new borders, which are extensive? 

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